Zimmer wins Best Supplier (Surgical) Award at SPC Convention

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Zimmer Pte Ltd., Singapore, the Asia Corporate office of Zimmer Inc., of USA, won the award for the Best Supplier Surgical (DHS) at the recently concluded Supplier’s Convention of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka.

Se Kiat Teo of Zimmer (right) receiving the award from Deputy Minister of Health Lalith Dissanayake

Zimmer is a world leader in orthopaedics, founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana USA. Zimmer designs, develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries. Zimmer’s 2009 sales were approximately $4.1 billion. The company is supported by the efforts of more than 8,000 employees worldwide.

Zimmer has been successfully supplying joint replacement implants and other orthopaedic products to the SPC and the private market in Sri Lanka for over 10 years. These products are widely used at orthopaedic units of all major hospitals in Sri Lanka.

The exclusive distributor in Sri Lanka for Zimmer Products is Zodiac Medicals (Private) Limited, a company with an unblemished record of over 20 years in the field of orthopaedics.